Francesc Orella
Biography
Francesc Orella i Pinell is a Spanish actor born on 11 June 1957 in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied acting at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and later continued his training at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. Active in film, television, theatre and voice acting since the early 1980s, he is especially known for playing philosophy teacher Merlí Bergeron in the television series Merlí. His work also includes El ministerio del tiempo, Los ojos de Julia and The Invisible Guest, and he received the Max Award for Best Actor for An Enemy of the People.
Filmography
Estació d'enllaç
1994 · 10.0
Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
1984 · 10.0
La silla
2006 · 10.0
Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
1983 · 9.0
Ravalear: Not for Sale
2026 · 8.8
Merlí
2015 · 8.6
When You Least Expect It
2022 · 8.3
Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019 · 8.2
The Invisible Guest
2017 · 8.1
Nudos
2003 · 8.0
Santa Evita
2022 · 7.8
The Pianist
1998 · 7.8
The Ministry of Time
2015 · 7.6
Subjúdice
1998 · 7.5
Laia, el regal d’aniversari
1995 · 7.5
La teranyina
1990 · 7.5
La moños
1997 · 7.5
Mirage
2018 · 7.5
Elisa & Marcela
2019 · 7.3
Land and Freedom
1995 · 7.3
The Asunta Case
2024 · 7.2
Sleeping luck
2003 · 7.2
Cuéntame cómo pasó
2001 · 7.1
La unidad
2020 · 7.1
Truman
2015 · 7.0
Radiacions
2012 · 7.0
Checkmates
2024 · 7.0
The Good Boss
2021 · 6.9
Carlos, rey emperador
2015 · 6.9
Julia's Eyes
2010 · 6.7
The Legacy of the Bones
2019 · 6.6
The Invisible Guardian
2017 · 6.5
Offering to the Storm
2020 · 6.5
Assault at Central Bank
1983 · 6.5
Tres dies amb la família
2009 · 6.4
To Die (Or Not)
2000 · 6.3
Inés of My Soul
2020 · 6.2
Terra alta
2025 · 6.2
Shiver
2008 · 6.1
The Wild Children
2012 · 6.1
From Good to the Hood
2024 · 6.1
Jet Lag
2001 · 6.0
El rey
2014 · 6.0
Interior. Familia
2014 · 6.0
El año del diluvio
2004 · 6.0
Lasa & Zabala
2014 · 6.0
Where the pines lament
2024 · 6.0
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
2006 · 5.9
7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)
2019 · 5.9
The Barcelona Vampiress
2020 · 5.9
Killing God
2017 · 5.9
Falling Star
2014 · 5.9
Utopia
2003 · 5.9
Shared Custody
2025 · 5.8
Smoking Room
2002 · 5.8
Toscana
2022 · 5.7
Boom boom
1990 · 5.6
Caravaggio
2007 · 5.6
Yoyes
2000 · 5.6
The Journey of Arián
2001 · 5.4
Clara y Elena
2001 · 5.3
Brava
2017 · 5.3
What's It All About
1995 · 5.2
Frozen Silence
2012 · 5.1
The Good Boy
2005 · 5.0
Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco
2014 · 4.9
Warsaw Bridge
1990 · 4.9
El comisario
1999 · 4.8
Chasing Wonders
2021 · 4.7
Love Me Not
2019 · 4.3
Mi dulce
2001 · 4.3
Ermessenda
2011 · 4.2
A Thousand Fools
2011 · 4.2
Emergency Exit
2025 · 4.0
I Know Nothing About You
2019 · 4.0
Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1983 · 4.0
Mentiras
2005 · 3.3
Mario Conde: los días de gloria
2013 · 2.0
Alakrana
2011 · 2.0
Crònica negra
1988 · 0.0
Lo vent
— · 0.0
Barefoot on Red Soil
2014 · 0.0
En el círculo del asesino
— · 0.0
Tres días de abril
2010 · 0.0
Les veus del Pamano
2009 · 0.0
Tocant el mar
2012 · 0.0
Bye Bye Boy
2023 · 0.0
The Best Option
2016 · 0.0
Terra baixa
2011 · 0.0
Todo arde
— · 0.0
Teoria dels cossos
2023 · 0.0